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On the way from Ubehebe Crater to The Racetrack is a particularly colourful area

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rt-000022-joshua-and-flowers.jpg No Death Valley backroad trip is complete without a photo of the tea kettles at Teakettle JunctionThumbnailsOur first stop is Ubehebe Crater, in northern Death ValleyNo Death Valley backroad trip is complete without a photo of the tea kettles at Teakettle JunctionThumbnailsOur first stop is Ubehebe Crater, in northern Death ValleyNo Death Valley backroad trip is complete without a photo of the tea kettles at Teakettle JunctionThumbnailsOur first stop is Ubehebe Crater, in northern Death ValleyNo Death Valley backroad trip is complete without a photo of the tea kettles at Teakettle JunctionThumbnailsOur first stop is Ubehebe Crater, in northern Death ValleyNo Death Valley backroad trip is complete without a photo of the tea kettles at Teakettle JunctionThumbnailsOur first stop is Ubehebe Crater, in northern Death Valley

Blooms of desert mallow, desert paintbrush and cactus decorate the rocky Joshua-tree-studded landscape.

The road to The Racetrack is notorious for its heavy washboard texture. Phil experiments with speed because driving faster sometimes allows the vehicle to plane across the little ridges in the road surface, which produces a slightly smoother ride.